Amherst captain Kody Orr tallied twice and added three assists as the Ramblers routed the host Metro Shipbuilders 10-3 in the lone Maritime Hockey League game played Tuesday night.

At Dartmouth Sportsplex, Jeff MacPherson had two goals and two assists for the Ramblers, who improve to 32-10-6 and move to within one point of second-place Truro and two points of division-leading Yarmouth. The Bearcats and Mariners each have a game in hand on Amherst.

Justin Thomas paced the last-place Shipbuilders (4-43-2) with a pair of goals and Logan MacIsaac had a single.

Metro was outshot 52-32.

$1m incentive offered to NASCAR All-Star drivers

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR’s All-Star race format has been changed again, but this time to discourage drivers from riding around at the back of the field.

Charlotte Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith has posted a $1 million bonus as incentive to a driver who wins all five race segments. The overall winner of the Sprint All-Star race gets a $1 million payout.

The race will again be four 20-lap segments, followed by a 10-lap dash for the cash. Last year, the top four starting spots in the final sprint went to the winners of each segment. It left little incentive for the drivers to race after they won a segment, and they instead just rode at the back.

Jimmie Johnson won a middle segment, saved his car, and then cruised to the win.

Canada crashes out of CONCACAF U20s

PUEBLA, Mexico (CP) — Quality defending has traditionally been the backbone of Canadian men’s teams at the international level.

That wasn’t the case on Tuesday night.

Jose Villareal scored twice as the United States defeated Canada 4-2 in the quarter-finals of the 2013 CONCACAF under-20 championship.

The loss means that Canada won’t be taking part in this summer’s FIFA under-20 World Cup in Turkey.

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